(PC) Fields v. Director of CDCR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARLTON DEWAYNE FIELDS, No. 2: 18-cv-0653 MCE KJN P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DIRECTOR OF CDCR, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s second amended complaint. (ECF No. 21.) For the reasons stated herein, the undersigned recommends that this action be dismissed. In the original complaint, plaintiff named as defendants the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”), CDCR Director Kernan and California State Prison- Corcoran (“Corcoran”) Warden Sexton. (ECF No. 1.) In the original complaint, plaintiff raised two claims. (Id.) Plaintiff alleged that he had been denied single cell housing in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (Id.) Plaintiff also alleged that CDCR had a new policy to house inmates housed on sensitive needs yards (“SNY”), like…